âDermatosparaxis EDS â Dermatosparaxis is a rare form of EDS (MIM #225410) that is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. It is due to mutations in the ADAMTS2 gene, which result in deficiency of procollagen I N-terminal peptidase [20].
Distribution and habitat. Rheas are from South America only and are limited within the continent to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. They are grassland birds and both species prefer open land. The greater rheas live in open grasslands, pampas, and chaco woodlands.
The rhea lives in bands of from three or four to twenty or thirty individuals. The next in importance to linen is ramie or rhea, and China grass. The rhea is, above all other birds, a most characteristic representative of the Avifauna of the Patagonian subregion.